Invention Publication
- Patent Title: LATCH TO SECURE TELEOPERATED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT TO ACTUATOR
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Application No.: US18431434Application Date: 2024-02-02
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Publication No.: US20240173092A1Publication Date: 2024-05-30
- Inventor: Gregory W. Dachs, II , Bruce Michael Schena , Donald Alden , Edward P. Donlon , Scott Harrington , Craig Tsuji , William A. Burbank
- Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- The original application number of the division: US17155475 2021.01.22
- Main IPC: A61B46/10
- IPC: A61B46/10 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B34/35 ; A61B34/37 ; A61B46/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B90/98 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B46/23 ; F16H1/20
Abstract:
A method for attaching a surgical instrument to an instrument carriage includes engaging an instrument sterile adapter with an instrument carriage using a first latch mechanism of the instrument sterile adapter; and engaging a surgical instrument with the instrument sterile adapter using a second latch mechanism of the instrument sterile adapter. In an engaged state of the second latch mechanism with surgical instrument the first latch mechanism is not disengageable from the instrument carriage. The first latch mechanism and the second latch mechanism are coupled to a frame portion of the instrument sterile adapter via a connecting member.
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